Off-Duty Alaska Airlines Pilot Indicted in Connection With October Flight
Dec. 5 By Allison Lampert (Reuters) – An off duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to disable a jet’s engines during an October flight was charged by a grand jury with one count of endangering an aircraft and 83 other counts of recklessly endangering…
DeSantis Board Accuses Disney of Controlling Previous One With Gifts
Dec. 4 By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -The board appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney’s theme parks accused the company of giving a previous local board and its employees millions of dollars’ worth of tickets, discounted hotel stays, merchandise and other benefits…
Explainer-How Will the Supreme Court Reshape US Opioid Epidemic Relief?
Dec. 3 By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments over the legality of a roughly $6 billion bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful and highly addictive pain medication OxyContin that played a…
Olympics-Tahiti Villagers Say Barge for Surf Tower Construction Damages Reef
Dec. 2 By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) -A barge planned for use building a controversial judging tower for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti snagged on a reef and damaged coral near the contest site on Friday, local opponents said. Residents of Teahupo’o in…
Inmate Charged With Attempted Murder After George Floyd Killer Chauvin Stabbed 22 Times
Dec. 1 By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An inmate was charged on Friday with attempted murder and other offenses following the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement….
U.S. EPA Proposes Replacing Lead Water Pipes Within 10 Years
Nov. 30 By Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru (Reuters) – The Biden administration announced a proposal on Thursday which would require water systems across the U.S. to replace lead pipes within the next ten years, an issue which has been previously called a public health crisis…
World to Reckon With Future of Fossil Fuels at COP28 Climate Summit
Nov. 29 By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and Maha El Dahan WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) -Delegates from nearly 200 countries will convene this week for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where conference host and OPEC member the UAE hopes to sell the vision of a low-carbon…
Climate Change, Overharvesting Exacerbating Texas Oyster Decline
Nov. 28 By Evan Garcia GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) – For the second year in a row, Texas has closed the majority of its public oyster reefs for harvesting due to declining populations. Wildlife officials say these dwindling numbers are caused by extreme weather events fueled…
Idaho Asks US Supreme Court to Allow Near-Total Abortion Ban
Nov. 27 By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Idaho officials on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily halt a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the Republican-governed state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations following a legal challenge by Democratic President…
TV Producer Marty Krofft, Creator of HR Pufnstuf, Dies at 86
Nov. 26 By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher (Reuters) – Marty Krofft, who created popular children’s television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday. Referred to as…
UN Aviation Meeting Agrees to Goal of 5% Lower Emissions by 2030
Nov. 24 By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher (Reuters) -A meeting of more than 100 countries on Friday agreed to an interim goal for emissions reductions from global aviation by 2030 by using less-polluting fuels, but China, Russia and some others aired concerns about the…
New York Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Sexual Assault in 1993
Nov. 23 By Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A woman on Wednesday accused New York Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault and other offenses in a court filing, alleging they occurred in 1993 while both of them worked for the city of New…